Perhaps something isn’t always better than nothing
Dr Laura Duggan discusses recent research quantifying airborne particle exposure when using aerosol containment devices for intubation.
Year 2020
Gertrud Hurler
Gertrud Hurler (1889 - 1965) was an Austrian-German pediatrician. Hurler Syndrome (1919) - Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I)
Dexamethasone good? Science by press release bad!
Why science by press release is bad, despite optimism about the findings of the Recovery trial and the role of dexamethasone in the management of COVID-19.
Mastering Intensive Care 017 with Flavia Machado
Flavia Machado - Improving communication, saying “I don’t know” and working with limited resources
Anne P. Forbes
Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911 - 1992) was an American endocrinologist and physician. Forbes-Albright Syndrome 1954
Elisabeth H. Winterhalter
Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (1856 - 1952) was a German gynecologist and surgeon. Pioneer physician; neuroanatomy researcher; leader of the feminist movement; and one of the first female surgeons in Germany
Hunt-Hess Scale
Description The Hunt-Hess Scale is a graded scale used to predict the rate of mortality based solely on the clinical features seen in a patient presenting with an aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Grade Characteristic Mortality Rate1,2 0 Unruptured aneurysm without symptoms…
Robert Hess
Robert McDonald Hess Jr (1931 – 2019). Hess, alongside his mentor William Hunt, is eponymous with the Hunt-Hess Scale.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 316
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 316 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind the medical trivia FFFF
Smith fracture
Smith fracture: Extra-articular fracture of the distal radius with associated palmar angulation of the distal fracture fragment. (1847)
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: severe unilateral periorbital headache and ophthalmoplegia resulting from a non-caseating granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus and/or superior orbital fissure.
Walther Müller
Walther Müller (1888–1949) was a German orthopedic surgeon. Known for Müller-Weiss disease, a complex idiopathic foot condition